Thread: Bloody kiddie seat installation

Thanks fellas,its looking like a diy jobbie I reckon.Who polices this anyway?Would you get knocked back at rego time?Are there seat police?Thanks for the photo bushie,this will be a great help.Ive tried just about everyone,and its beginning to do my head in. I do find it somewhat ridiculous that something thats able to cop 3 100kg adults,cannot also support something thats going to contain a 5kg bub.

the adults are supported by the seatbelts....which have appropriate mounts.....
the baby seats need top support which have straps that need to be anchored somewhere....

in my opinion....its all a headache......my parents used to have the latest in child
restraints in their cars.....i was either in the bassinet on the back seat.....
or in my mothers ams whilst my father drove......
and if seatbelts were fitted to the back seat....then one may have been draped over
the top of the bassinet......

None of the fitting stations, including mobility engineering have much of an idea of the difference between one Defender and another, or exactly what a Defender is. If you think you've had trouble, search for child restraint through the forums and see how hard it is in a 130.

http://www.karlisles.com.au/about1.htm in Alexandria, he knows what he's doing, get him to fit the crab bar, he's the guy that does most of the difficult installations.

When I was a kid my parents went to a parachute maker and had him make up custom child restraints. There was an anchored net that went over the bassinet for the baby, and harnesses on sliding webbing for me.


And on to another off topic subject.

Anyone ever see the crash test dummy doco?

One subject it covered is how they come up with the information on how strong, etc. a crash test dummy should be.

Well, if you donate your body to science...

So, guess why they don't have accurate crash test baby-dummies.

Ewww.

Apparently whenever the RTA equivalent starts a program to do the research to make baby crash test dummies the tabloids come out and kill the project.

Cheers
Simon

I've seen a carseat/bassinet mount be added to the seatbelt mounts on the defender before. Seatbelt goes straight from the back of their carseat to the floor and gets tightened.

Not sure if it's legal or anything else, but it sure as hell doesn't move!

I saw a Holden Zafira people mover the other day and the anchorage points for the child restraint for the middle row was on the floor. The straps went over the back seat and bolted to the floor immediately behind the seat, so as not to interfere with the back row.

How can this be okay in a production car, but not okay to have them on the floor as a retrofit?

I'm just adding to the confusion.

In SA our laws are a little easier on this but I used to sell vehicles and did some research on this for a few people.

Be very aware of just buying the Safe n sound (or similar) mounting plate and bolt. If the child seat sits lower than the height of the backrest. The problem is the top of the seat was never designed for this. In an impact the strap can "bite" in to the top of the seat And allow the seat to move. Try pulling on the seat when it is tight and watch it sink in to the padding.

Apart from that it shouldn't be much of an issue to get certified as they meet the Australian standard for ADR compliance. (Anyone had a look at how pathetic the reinforcing is around factory anchorage points!!!!)


The aftermarket reinforcing "washer/Plate" is much bigger and thicker.

Mr taxi,thanks,I'll try one last time.Mr zook,hows this for high tech,in a milk crate held in by okky straps in the back of a combi!!Mr michael,apparently the seat frames aren't strong enough to do this. The saga continues..............................

,and the to their for all I care.Just spoke to karlisles,and he said the only way he can do it is to re-inforce the seat frame,and mount the anchor point there.Cost,$1100-includes engineers report,blueslip,weighbridge ticket(??) blah blah blah.This is the only way he would do it.Crab bars were made on a one off basis about 7 years ago,but not anymore.No-one could engineer this now as it bolts to the alloy body.A frame would have to made,to support the bar,aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh h